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04-06-2016, 09:51 PM
zuludelta
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Interesting ideas, guys.
I do wonder if weapons counterproliferation would be an ideal fit for GI Joe's primary mission. It's a core activity for Army SF, after all, and it's an important aspect of DEVGRU's original remit. And since Cobra, in almost any significant media incarnation of the property, has been involved in the illegal arms trade, it seems like it sets them up in natural opposition.
As for GI Joe's service composition/alignment, I wonder if, as an alternative to the joint special missions task force idea, it would be better to just make it an Army unit, albeit one with a hefty (but not overly-large) complement of individual augmentees from the other services. Have enough augmentees that they significantly add to the unit's capabilities, but not so many that cross-service interoperability becomes a problem (which, to me, means if GI Joe is a company-sized Tier One SOF unit, you probably have fewer than a dozen augmentees from the Navy and the Marines). For one thing, aligning GI Joe with the Army radically streamlines things like sustainment/logistics, questions of ADCON vs OPCON vs TACON, etc.
And it's not like sailors and Marines haven't served with ISA or 1st SFOD-D in individual billets before. There have been documented precedents for this happening. The Navy even has a level-4 sequence NEC code for sailors serving in just such a billet. It's NEC 9557 (Joint Special Operations), which is awarded to sailors who meet the following qualifications:
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Completion of training and experience in Joint Special Operations planning and execution. Qualified to perform/support unconventional and special warfare operations as a member of a Joint Special Operations Task Force. Assignments are for a 4-year tour, and NEC is awarded to Sailors assigned to applicable units upon successful completion of organic training and at least 24 months onboard.
Assigned personnel, regardless of rank or rating, attend rigorous organic and service sponsored courses of instruction that include, but not limited to, Basic Army Airborne Qualification, Combat Life Saver, Integrated Special Operations Medic course, tactical driving, executive protection and combat specific courses of instruction.
All candidates must undergo an intensive screening process prior to selection.
All candidates must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
All personnel must meet/exceed U.S. Army physical fitness standards and annually qualify with various small arms and crew served weapons.
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